Getting These Darn Hormones out of Our Bodies!

It has been months since I experienced my last miscarriage and somehow these darn hormones are just not leaving my body! How about you? Do you feel like you are still dealing with a constant bombardment of hormone irregularities? That joyous PMS, the bad skin and of course feeling teary-eyed at the silliest things—not that I mind that one too much over the Christmas season! Want to understand estrogen overload a little more? Read this article: Oestrogen Dominance and Endometriosis.

See, there are in fact hormone-mimicking agents which don’t actually belong in our bodies. They come in the shape of estrogen, plonk themselves in our receptor sites and act like estrogens, except they are far stronger and hence why we feel so off-kilter. It’s actually pretty serious stuff because living with excess estrogens in the body means… growth. Estrogen typically causes things to grow. That includes endometriosis cysts but also includes things like cancers. Not good! We call these “baddie” estrogens, xenoestrogens.

Let’s run through the things we might be adding in, which are adding to a load of xenoestrogens:

Pesticides. This is what you find on common fruits and vegetables found at your supermarket. Every single fruit and vegetable is sprayed with these pesticides. Solution: buy organic!

Soy. Far too many phytoestrogens in soy!

Food additives and preservatives. Avoid “the box” and you will be fine! (that means, anything in a box)

Plastics and foods stored or cooked in plastics. Don’t you just hate this new invention of cooking chicken in plastic bags? Who comes up with these ideas?

Unfortunately, there is a ton of stuff we just can’t avoid… dish soap, latex, fuel oils, carpeting, clothing, exhaust fumes… you get the picture.

But, this is a website to empower you about what you CAN DO. So, let’s get into it…

Supplements which will help flush out xenoestrogens:

Zinc

Iodine

Selenium

Magnesium (get the spray)

Sulfur

Herbs that will help flush out xenoestrogens:

Siberian ginseng

Milk thistle

Dandelion

Lady’s thistle

Olive leaf extract

Turmeric

Oregano

Rosemary

Parsley

Gota Kola

Perilla

Balm of Gilead (balsam poplar)

Foods that typically help the body flush out xenoestrogens:

Watercress

Onion

Shallots/spring onion

Ginger

Nuts & seeds

Omega 9 oils

Avocado

Papaya

Berries

Citrus fruits

Oats

Cabbage

Cauliflower

Kohlrabi

Kale

Celery root

My personal favourite teas that help flush out xenoestrogens:

Schizandra berry

Rehmannia root

Nettle

Dandelion

Burdock

White pine

Ones I haven’t tried yet but want to:

Fo-Ti Eng

Jiagolan

Sarsparilla

Perilla

So, there you have it. A comprehensive list of all things we can now add to our diets to support our liver and the detoxification pathways to reduce the effects of too many xenoestrogens coming into our bodies.

I am sipping on my nettle, dandelion and hibiscus tea as I write this.

I was sipping on my nettle and dandelion tea as I read this. LOL Thanks for the great information. I will have to keep working on “not eating out of the box” because I just moved and am still settling into my routine. I try to get the healthiest (and unfortunately most expensive) boxes I can find LOL, but I know the preservatives and such in them are still not good. I’m feeling so much better since I began reading this though and moving was definitely a good answer to my stress I was having. 🙂 Thank you again Melissa! You are amazing and awesome!!

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